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BARRE, VERMONT, CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY, ch. 14, § 18 at 48, 53 (1904 Vermont Watchman Co.) (Passed 1895).

| | 1895

"CHAPTER XIV.
Of injurious practices in streets and in public places.


Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Barre as follows:...

    ...Sec. 18. No person, except on his ...

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Ordinance no. 1, §§ 6-8, THE MINING ECHO, Jul. 7, 1877 at 1 (Empire City, Kansas).

, , | | 1877

"ORDINANCE NO. 1.

    Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Empire City.
SEC. 1 Any three or more persons, who shall assemb...

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An Ordinance to Amend the Ordinances Against Firing Explosives, SOUTH BRANCH INTELLIGENCER, Mar. 12, 1869 at 2 (Romney, West Virginia).

| | 1869

"New laws of the town of Romney.
An Ordinance to amend the Ordinances against firing explosives.
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Ordinance No. 317: An Ordinance Concerning Offenses and Disorderly Conduct, THE DAILY ASTORIAN, Feb. 22, 1879 at 3. (Astoria, OR).

, , , | | 1879

"Ordinance No. 317.


AN ORDINANCE Concerning Offenses and disorderly conduct.

The city of Astoria does ordain at follows:

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Ordinance No. 11, §§ 1 & 9, TWIN FALLS WEEKLY NEWS, Jun. 23, 1905, at 3 (Twin Falls, Idaho).

, | | 1905

"ORDINANCE NO. 11.

To Amend Ordinance No. 11, An Ordinance Entitled: 'An Ordinance Defining Offenses Against the Peace and Good Order of the Village of Twin Falls and Providing Punishment The...

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Ordinance No. 2284, § 1, TACOMA REVISED CHARTER AND ORDINANCES 800, 800-03 (1905 Allen & Lamborn).

, , | | 1905

"ORDINANCE NO. 2284.

An ordinance defining who are disorderly persons and to provide for their punishment, and repealing Ordinances No. 2 N. T., No. 3 N. T., No. 4 O. T., No. 5 O. T., No. ...

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Ordinance No. 160: An Ordinance Defining Offenses Against the Peace and Good Order of the City of Caldwell, and Providing Punishment Therefore, THE CALDWELL TRIBUNE, May 27, 1910, at 2 (Caldwell, Idaho).

, | | 1910

"ORDINANCE No. 160.

AN ORDINANCE

DEFINING OFFENSES AGAINST THE PEACE AND GOOD ORDER OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL, AND PROVIDING PUNISHMENT THEREFORE.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR...

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A Law for the Better Preventing of Fire, no. 4, § 6, N.Y., LAWS, STATUTES, ORDINANCES AND CONST. ETC. (1763 John Holt).

, | | 1763

    VI. AND be it further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Children, Youth, Apprentices, Servants, or other Persons, do fire and discharge any Gun, Pistol, Leaden-Gun, Rockets, Crackers, Squibs, or other Fire-Works, at any Ma...

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SAN FRANCISCO, PROPOSED CHARTER, art. 2, ch. 4, § 1, no. 13 at 31, 31 (1883).

, , | | 1883

“CHAPTER IV.
OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS.


SECTION 1. The Supervisors shall have power to pass ordinances:
    1. To regulate traffic and sales in the streets,...

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Ordinance No. 13: An Ordinance in Relation to Offenses Against Public Safety, CORNING INDEPENDENT, May 16, 1890 at 3. (Corning, KS).

, , | | 1890

"ORDINANCE NO. 13.

An ordinance in relation to offenses against public safety

    Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Corning, Kansas:

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    Sec. 2. No person shall...

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[City Ordinances, art. 2, § 2] (Published as “By request of the City Marshal…”), ARKANSAS VALLEY DEMOCRAT, Aug. 8, 1879, at 3. (Arkansas City, KS).

, | | 1879

    "By request of the City Marshal, we again publish a few sections of the City Ordinances. Mr. Hartsock does not intend to go beyond the limits of the law, but he does intend to force law in all cases where it may be violated, and that to the fulle...

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Ordinance No. 6, THE WYANDOTT HERALD, Aug. 24, 1882, at 2. (Argentine, KS)

, , | | 1882

"[Official.]
[First published August 21st, 1882.]

ORDINANCE NO. 6.

Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Arg...

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E. ST. LOUIS, IL, REV. MUNICIPAL CODE ch. 39, art. 1, §§ 885, 887-888 (1908).

, , , | | 1908

"SEC. 885. Concealed Weapons.] Whoever shall, within said city, wear or carry concealed on his person any pistol, revolver, slung-shot, metallic knuckles, bowie knife, dirk, razor, or other dangerous or deadly weapon; or whoever shall display or flouri...

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Ordinance No. 6, THE FRESNO REPUBLICAN, Nov. 5, 1885 at 3.

, , | | 1885

OR[DINANCE] NO. 6.

An ordinan[...] [mis]demeanors in the City of Fresno.

    The Board [...] of the City of Fresno do ordai...

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1799 Laws of the University of North Carolina, § 4, no. 8.

, , | , | 1799

"SECTION IV.

On the moral and religious Conduct of the Students,
and their Conduct towards the Faculty...

        ...8. No student shall keep a dog or fire-arms; nor shall he use fi...

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1839 Laws Of Middlebury College, ch. 7, §§ 1, 11.

, , | , | 1839

"CHAPTER VII.
OF CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.

    1. If any student shall be guilty of blasphemy, or robbery, fornication, theft, forgery, duelling, or any other crime f...

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1885 Laws of the University of Vermont, ch. 4, § 4234; ch. 6, §§ 4, 9.

, , , | , | 1885

"CHAPTER IV.
OF STUDENTS AS UNDER CIVIL LAW.


    In all matters relating to good order and quietness: to the reatment of property public or private: and in general to the rights and obligations of ci...

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1855, The Laws and Regulations of Amherst College, ch. 9, § 7.

, , , | , | 1855

"CHAPTER IX.
DAMAGES AND REPAIRS.

VII. In no case shall a student bring into the College premises, any cannon, musket, pistol, or other species of fire-arms, or any gunpowder in any mode of preparation; and in...

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1825, Statutes and Laws of the University in Cambridge, ch. 7, § 76, no. 3.

, , , | , | 1825

"CHAP. VII.
HIGH OFFENCES AND MISDEMEANORS.


76. High offences may be punished at the discretion of the Faculty with any of the College punishments...
The following are deemed high offences:

...

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1824, Laws of Harvard College, ch. 6, § 1, no. 2.

, , , | , | 1824

"CHAPTER VI.
MISDEMEANORS AND CRIMINAL OFFENCES.


    1. For either of the following offences, Students may be punished by any of the college censures, at the discretion of the Immediate Government, v...

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1829 Laws of the University of North Carolina, ch. 3, § 13.

, , , | , | 1829

"13. No student shall keep a dog, or fire arms, or gunpowder. He shall not carry, keep, or own at the College, a sword, dirk, sword-cane, or any dead­ly weapon; nor shall he use fire arms without per­mission from some member of the Faculty."

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An Act to Incorporate the Trustees of Hickory Grove Methodist Church and Camp Ground in the County of Mecklenburg, ch. 103, § 6, 1885 N.C. Pvt. Laws 1009, 1010.

, | | 1885

"The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

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SEC. 6. That it shall be a misdemeanor for any one to fire off a gun or pistol in the limits of the incorporation while occupied in wor...

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